bag v also bag off, bag up. In the inshore fishery, to moor cod in a net shaped like a bag until fish are brought ashore.
   1895 GRENFELL 71 Now the weighted foot rope is 'gathered' together, the net has become one vast bag, and the prisoners are dealt with as before, i.e. dipped out and bagged off. 1925 Dial Notes v, 325 ~ To keep (fish) overnight in a bag. 1936 SMITH 124 Next morning, August 6th, we went out to the trap and secured another 25 quintals; we dipped in a load and bagged the remainder. P 148-63 Bag up the fish on Sunday. 1966 FARIS 221 It is occasionally the case (as when the fish 'strike') that a trap may have up to 80 quintals in it. In such case, the trap boat is filled, and up to 25 or 30 quintals are 'bagged off'—that is, put into a large net bag which is tied to the trap and left until the boat can come back and collect the fish. M 70-29 'Bagged off'—when the trap is hauled and there are too many fish to carry in the skiff. A net in the shape of a bag is sewn onto the trap and the fish swim into it. The bag is then tied and the fish towed to the place where they are split.

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